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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
May. 15, 2013
Methods and apparatus for temporarily storing parity information for data stored in a storage device
Applicant:
Marvell World Trade Ltd., St. Michael, BB;
Inventors:
Jason Adler, Fremont, CA (US);
Man Cheung, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Marvell World Trade Ltd., St. Michael, BB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/10 (2013.01); G06F 11/1032 (2013.01); G06F 2211/1035 (2013.01); G06F 11/108 (2013.01); G06F 11/1004 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for temporarily storing parity information for data stored in a storage device are provided. A first data block and parity information associated with the first data block are received. The first data block is stored in a first region of the storage device. The parity information is stored until a second data block is successfully stored in a second region of the storage device. The first region of the storage device is associated with the second region of the storage device.